How James Meredith Was Shot By A White Snipper For His “March Against Fear” In Protest Of Racial Violence In 1966
James Meredith, a civil rights leader, organized the “March Against Fear” on June 5, 1966. He had enrolled at the University of Mississippi in 1962, four years earlier, being the first African American student to do so. Meredith chose to take a 21-day lone march from the Peabody Hotel in Memphis, Tennessee, to the Mississippi … Read more